Synopsis"Without trust, we have nothing." These are the words which have haunted Melanie Erickson for six years. When she walked out of the house Xavier Ross bought as their forever home, she thought she was closing that door permanently, but fate had other plans. Xavier Ross tried to keep everyone at a distance until Melanie came into his life. The more he tried to fight his feelings for her, the more he fell in love. One rash decision fractured the trust that was essential to their relationship. Six years later, she is the last person he expects to see walk through his front door. Will Xavier and Mel be able to learn to trust one another again so they can fulfill a dying woman’s wish? |
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This is a heartbreaking, uplifting, beautiful, sad love story. I know you don't hear all those together when they describe something especially when they somewhat contradict each other but I can't describe Fragile Bonds any other way.
This is the story of a family coming together. Of a second chance at love. It's not traditional at all.
Melanie and Xavier were madly in love. But due to trusting issues and dominance, it fell apart. Six years later, she is a hospice nurse asked to take a case she probably shouldn't but by taking it she was hoping to put her past behind her. The case was Alyssa Ross, Xavier's dying wife.
But the past didn't stay in the past as she got close to Alyssa and her and Xavier's son Jacob.
This is the story of one dying women wanting what's best for her boys and knowing deep down that Melanie is the love of Xavier's life. And being ok with that. Knowing that her boys will be loved and take care of even when she was no longer there to do it.
This is the story of keeping the past in the past and growing. But still loving your first love. And loving his son as if he was your own.
This is the story of a family. Not necessarily conventional. But it's still a family, with a very special angel watching over. (But not when in the bathroom)
Sloan Johnson did an amazing job at making this seem like a story that could take place in real life. She did it justice by not rushing anything. But making you feel for and with the characters and making me cry. I want to see the future between Melanie, Xavier and Jacob.
~Katie
This is the story of a family coming together. Of a second chance at love. It's not traditional at all.
Melanie and Xavier were madly in love. But due to trusting issues and dominance, it fell apart. Six years later, she is a hospice nurse asked to take a case she probably shouldn't but by taking it she was hoping to put her past behind her. The case was Alyssa Ross, Xavier's dying wife.
But the past didn't stay in the past as she got close to Alyssa and her and Xavier's son Jacob.
This is the story of one dying women wanting what's best for her boys and knowing deep down that Melanie is the love of Xavier's life. And being ok with that. Knowing that her boys will be loved and take care of even when she was no longer there to do it.
This is the story of keeping the past in the past and growing. But still loving your first love. And loving his son as if he was your own.
This is the story of a family. Not necessarily conventional. But it's still a family, with a very special angel watching over. (But not when in the bathroom)
Sloan Johnson did an amazing job at making this seem like a story that could take place in real life. She did it justice by not rushing anything. But making you feel for and with the characters and making me cry. I want to see the future between Melanie, Xavier and Jacob.
~Katie
Author Info
Sloan Johnson is a big city girl trapped in a country girl’s body. While she longs for the hustle and bustle of New York City or Las Vegas, she hasn’t yet figured out how to sit on the deck with her morning coffee, watching the deer and wild turkeys in the fields while surrounded by concrete and glass.
When she was three, her parents received their first call from the principal asking them to pick her up from school. Apparently, if you aren’t enrolled, you can’t attend classes, even in Kindergarten. The next week, she was in preschool and started plotting her first story soon after.
Later in life, her parents needed to do something to help their socially awkward, uncoordinated child come out of her shell and figured there was no better place than a bar on Wednesday nights. It’s a good thing they did because this is where she found her love of reading and writing. Who needs socialization when you can sit alone in your bedroom with a good book?
Now, Sloan is a tattooed, purple haired mom of two kids, one of which was a thank you present to her husband for letting her get a Staffordshire Terrier with more anxiety issues than Sloan has, which is saying something. She’s been kicked out of the PTA in two school districts and is no longer asked to help with fundraisers because she’s been known to lose herself in a good book and forget that she has somewhere to be.
Find Sloan: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | WEBSITE | EMAIL
When she was three, her parents received their first call from the principal asking them to pick her up from school. Apparently, if you aren’t enrolled, you can’t attend classes, even in Kindergarten. The next week, she was in preschool and started plotting her first story soon after.
Later in life, her parents needed to do something to help their socially awkward, uncoordinated child come out of her shell and figured there was no better place than a bar on Wednesday nights. It’s a good thing they did because this is where she found her love of reading and writing. Who needs socialization when you can sit alone in your bedroom with a good book?
Now, Sloan is a tattooed, purple haired mom of two kids, one of which was a thank you present to her husband for letting her get a Staffordshire Terrier with more anxiety issues than Sloan has, which is saying something. She’s been kicked out of the PTA in two school districts and is no longer asked to help with fundraisers because she’s been known to lose herself in a good book and forget that she has somewhere to be.
Find Sloan: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | WEBSITE | EMAIL